Day 7 - a day on the beach

Some interesting dinner companions last night at our B&B - a retired French Professor of Marketing and Project Management who spends his retirement visiting World Heritage Sites, and a retired married couple both of whom used to be hydrogeologists, specialising from what I could understand in problems associated with land flooding. The B&B owner also lived a what seems to be typical Hebridean life as a portfolio worker, running a B&B, cutting grass right through the year and volunteering for the local RNLI.

Today is Sunday so everything, including golf courses, on the island is closed. Thankfully, everything doesn't include hotels!

The day's cycling has been relatively straightforward, just over 20 miles from Leverburgh to Tarbet in Harris, with 1300 feet of climbing, a wind of 10-15mph in our faces for the first 10 miles and the threat of rain which meant waterproofs for much of the day. Luckily the rain wasn't heavy or long-lasting so much to my delight we finally got to spend some time on the beach and I finally got to fly my stunt kite and had a great time since the wind was perfect. In true English style we were of course on the beach in full waterproofs!! I've now flown a kite on the Outer Hebrides and can die a happy man. 🤓